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Elon Musk arrives for the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Elon Musk says he won't buy Twitter

The billionaire Tesla CEO has changed his mind about buying Twitter, but it's not so easy to walk away from the legal agreement he signed with the social network.

Igor the clown puts on a show for the children at café Lito, or Summer cafe, in Chernivtsi's Taras Chevchenko Park. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption

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There's nowhere in Ukraine to hide from the war. This café tries to help people cope

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Tasman Keith, whose debut album A Colour Undone released July 8, 2022. Jordan Munns/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Tasman Keith didn't come here to point fingers

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Fewer jobs were added in June, but the labor market is still tight. A man walks past a "now hiring" sign posted outside of a restaurant in Arlington, Va., last month. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Hiring slipped only slightly in June, with no sign of a looming recession

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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends an event held before the party's annual convention on Feb. 10, 2019, in Tokyo. Abe was killed on July 8, 2022. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images hide caption

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Shinzo Abe, killed at 67, leaves a storied legacy as Japan's longest-serving premier

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Coal-fired power plants, like the Longview Power Plant in Maidsville, W.Va., have struggled financially in recent years. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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The Supreme Court handed coal power a win. But experts say that won't save it

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Elon Musk arrives for the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Elon Musk wants out of the Twitter deal. It could end up costing at least $1 billion

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